https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/09/buddy-faro.html
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533174/
1998 CBS. "Pilot." Dennis Farina private detective show written and created by Mark Frost from Twin Peaks. Frank Whaley, Allison Smith, Charlie Robinson. Mark Frost also worked on Hill Street Blues and this episode was directed by Charles Haid. I really enjoyed the pilot the first time I watched it on Youtube but it can only be found now in parts that is kind of a pain to deal with. Other full episodes come and go on Youtube. I've watched two before and there is a fairly recent upload available now of the eighth and last ep.
Buddy Faro is a famous private detective, the master of missing persons, who had gone missing in 1978. He stood to collect a substantial inheritance in the millions so he was tracked down by storefront P.I. Frank Whaley, who was hired by Allison Smith. Various other unsavory types want to find Buddy Faro, including a murderous Charlie Robinson as Buddy's old partner El Jefe. Henry Silva plays the head bad guy.
The Buddy Faro pilot is very fun and very stylish. Good show. Another one where I wish the whole short run was available.
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